When did Károly Ferenczy live?

Károly Ferenczy lived from 1862 to 1917.

What movement was Károly Ferenczy part of?

Károly Ferenczy was part of the Art Nouveau and Impressionism movements.

Where can I see paintings by Károly Ferenczy?

Paintings by Károly Ferenczy are held by Hungarian National Gallery and Mureș County Museum - Art Museum.

Károly Ferenczy · Paintings, Biography & Famous Works

Hungarian, 1862–1917

Károly Ferenczy was a Hungarian Art Nouveau artist. 18 works are cataloged here, principally at Hungarian National Gallery. Károly Ferenczy was born in Vienna.

Károly Ferenczy (February 8, 1862 – March 18, 1917) was a Hungarian painter and leading member of the Nagybánya artists' colony. He was among several artists who went to Munich for study in the late nineteenth century, where he attended free classes by the Hungarian painter, Simon Hollósy. Upon his return to Hungary, Ferenczy helped found the artists colony in 1896, and became one of its major figures.

Ferenczy is considered the "father of Hungarian impressionism and post-impressionism" and the "founder of modern Hungarian painting". He has been collected by the Hungarian National Gallery, which holds 51 of his paintings, as well as other major and regional institutions, including the Ferenczy Károly Museum, founded in his birthplace of Szentendre, and private collectors. In 1966 the Hungarian National Gallery had a major exhibition of the colony's work: The Art of Nagybánya.

Centennial Exhibition in Celebration of the Artists' Colony in Nagybánya. In November 2011, it opened a large retrospective of Ferenczy, featuring him for six months, to enable more viewers to appreciate the breadth of his work.